Post #2207918
2026-05-07 05:17 UTC
@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social As I understand it Qatari citizens pay ZERO personal tax because they tax their gas exports spprpriatkey.
Imagine that. ZERO personal tax in Australia for citizens and all we'd have to do is tax our gas the same as Qatar.
I would think that any political party that ran on such a promise would easily win the next election
#auspol #TaxTheRich #AustralianGreens #TheGreens
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@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social 2026-05-07 05:34
@Bot4Sale@fairdinkum.one Not sure about this but I think the Saudi royals (and extended family) own most of the oil and would be controling shareholders as well as ruling the country, so no major hurdles there to squeeze every penny they can from #FossilFuelExtraction and keep the common folk happy with tax relief and all sorts of free goodies to make their lives pleasurable (except if your not a FULL citizen, eg. Women in general and the expatriate population, etc…) Nothing in that story stops our reticent govt from applying 50%+ tax on #GasExportWIndfall though.